A Dutch Financial Independence Blog
Crowdfunding. What to say about crowdfunding? We tried it, but it’s not our thing. Today an overview of our current crowdfunding portfolio status and assessment on performance, yield and more. Crowdfunding: the good, the bad and the ugly! Crowdfunding: the[…]
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How to be (very) successful in life? What do you need to do to position yourself in such a way that you can become successful and excel? How to be successful in life? How to be (very) successful in life?[…]
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When you get older you get wiser… Well most of the time anyways! I’ve finally learned that living with clutter does not make you happy. It screws with your head too! It also suck when you need to move, and[…]
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Interested in talking about money, investing, FIRE and life with some random internet strangers? We do! This is your chance to join the party. This is the last call for Haarlem on FIRE! Last Call for Haarlem on FIRE Why?[…]
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We just received the final dividend payments in our bank account for December. 2018 was a good year on the dividend side. Now that the portfolio is streamlined and in better shape, I’m very much looking forward to 2019. Without[…]
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I’d be a horrible sugar daddy! No really. I’ve always been frugal, but the journey to FIRE really has made me worse. Can you imagine me as a sugar daddy? Yes, that was a trick question 😉 I’d be a[…]
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Today I’m going to wrap the savings rate, cheesy index and our overall investment performance into one 2018 Financial Overview. For more details on the real estate, check out this post. The post on the dividends will be coming later[…]
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You know I’m having a hard time without beer when the title of the first post of this year is as follows. Deprivation: the best thing you can do in 2019! Neah, just kidding, or am I? But before we[…]
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Just completed the real estate related finances for 2018 and made a forecast for our real estate investments in 2019. We are in a good shape and 2019 is looking to be an even better year. Here is the Real Estate[…]
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I like a challenge, especially when your friends and folks on Twitter call you crazy. So, here we go. 2019: The Year Without a Beer! 2019: The Year Without a Beer! Ever since I saw a documentary about alcohol earlier[…]
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Happy Holidays to all you Money Nerds! May your excel sheets be great, your stomach be stuffed and may your 2019 be (financially) successful and healthy. Happy Holidays to all you Money Nerds! From me an Mrs CF, happy holidays![…]
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With all the excitement on the blog, the holiday season and getting closer to the end of 2018, I’m almost forgetting about the FIRE Meetup Haarlem 2019! FIRE Meetup Haarlem 2019 What better way to start of the new year[…]
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Sander’s guest post about how to get rich by using other people’s money was a big success! Heck, I’ve been getting emails and even calls asking how he does it. That bloody cliffhanger?! 😉 Despite being FIRE, Sander is a[…]
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Quick update on our favorite cash-cow: Real Estate Report – November 2018 edition?! November was boring and very profitable! Finally low expenses and a high(er) cash-flow. Let’s have a look at the numbers! In case you are interested in Real[…]
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